Improved ltfnch-box



MICH-renie; FAGAN, or TRomNEW'YoRK.

Lmm .Patent No. 94,729, dated Septante 14, 1869; madurez september-l, 1869.

IM PROVED LNCH-BOX.

lThe Schedule referred to in the Lettori Patent andmaking part gf the lame.

` To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHEL G. FAGAN, of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Lunch or Dinner-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Fig'ure I is a general view.

Figure 2, showing the box open, cover thrown back.

Figure 3, back ot' box, showing hinge and air-holes.

Figure 4 shows the cover off the box.

Figure 5, section, showing divisions and perforations.

Figure 6, section view, another position.

Figure 7, view with front and ends removed, cases or pans inside.

Figure 8, similar view, one case removed, and coffee-can removed.

Figure 9 shows one ofthe cases orpans.

Figure 10 shows the salt and butter-box.

' Figure 11 shows. the drinking-cup.

Figure l2 shows the coffee-can.

My invention consists in providing for the ventilation of articles carried in lunch-boxes or dinner-pails, by means of an arrangement hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent like parts- Fig. 1 shows a general view ofthe box, which is in an oblong square forni, A being the body, B, the cover, and a, the carrying-handle.

Fig. 2 shows the box with the cover thrown back, with the dii'erent cases and coffee-can in place.

Fig. 3 shows the back of the box, with the -hinge c and l1, the perforaiions d d in the cover,4 and air-passages s s in the body of the'box.

Fig. 4 shows the cover removed from the box, which can be done only when the coveris thrown back, and can then be removed and used as a plate to eat from, the handle allowing itself to turn down dat, placing the cover with .the rim up.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view., with the cases and coiieecan and salt and butter-box removed. E shows the lower portion `of that part of the box used as one case. P shows the perfor-ations for the escape of the different smells, let into the partition D, and extending below the upper edgeof the flange on which the iirst case or pan rests. F l(3e-show bearings or crosspieces, soldered in the other divisions of the box, for the support of the coiee-can, leaving openings mmm lm.. hy shows a shelf or rest, for salt and. butter-box.

Fig. 6 is a section, showing the inside view of the connections between the ventilatin g partition-openin gs l and the inside of the openings S S, that are shown on the outside at s s, lig. 3.

Fig. 7 isa view with front and end removed, showing cases and coffee-can in place, also salt and butterbox. I represents one case, H, another. f f j, vin I, represent perforations in the upper end of each side of the case. e e e show the same in H, when all in place, as shown in Iig. 7. The top case H,with the cup K, and salt-box handle L, are designed to be of a height, that the cover will just close to its place, so that in case of upsetting the box they will remain in position. p

Fig. 8 is a view showing the coffee-cup and case H removed. It will be seen that the smell from the oase ,I passies through the openin gs f f, from thence through the partitions P, up into the cover, and out at the openings d d d, fig. 3, and in the same manner with the case H when in place. As now shown, when the box is carried in the hand, air can circulate through the bottom, as shown at m fm m m, iig. 6, butin cases where the box would be 4made with a bottom covering, the whole of the box, instead-of part, as now, there would bc no circulation through, for this reason the passages s s, fig. 3, become necessary, also when the box is Seton any dat place that would exclude the passage of air beneath.-

Fig. 9 shows the case H removed, with the handles 1v w in position for liftingont. Then in place, the rings .w u.- will turn down, so as not to interfere with the-case on top;

Fig. 10 shows salt and butter=box, with compartments t u and handle L.

Fig. 1i. shows the drinking-capii removed from coffee-can.

Fig. 12 shows coiee-can with collars ou top M, 'I

through which it is filled andernptied, and over which cup K fits when in position; N shows the bailor handle.

In a dinner-box or pail, when so constructed, it will be seen, there will beno smell communicated from one kind of food to the other. Also, that any of' the cases can be removed, or the coee can removed to be heated, and the box covered up, 'as before.

There is also the convenience 'of sliding the cover off, to be used as a plate to eatfrom, while atthc same time, when in position or place, when closed, it cannot `be moved any more than a. fast hinge.

I do not claim any particularform or shape of box, as I can make it in various forms, to suit' different tastes; neither do I claim one partially open on the bottom, as I may make them with the whole bottom closed, so that the outer box can be used for other purposes, .i`.desired..

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The perforated cases I and H, in connection with -the openings ss and d d d and partition-openings P, or their equivalent, for thepurposes set forth in this specification.

MIOHEL..-G. FAGAN. Witnesses: f

Z. NEARY, M. MURPHY. 

